After months of hard work I present to you my first historical costume an Eggplant and Champagne Robe a L'anglaise / a la polonaise. My little cousin was kind of enough to snap a few pictures of the dress yesterday. We took a few outside and some inside. The fabric looks different in natural light, it's not as shiny as it looks in the pictures taken inside. ANYWAY ON TO THE DRESS.
After planing and making all my undergarments it was time to start on my dress. I chose the colors Eggplant and Champagne because my bedding colors are similar, the eggplant color is a darker purple but the champagne is the same. I love my bed so I went for those colors. This dress was a pain in the butt to make. I was crawling the floor, on top of tables, and standing on chairs to get things done. But in the end it was worth it. Of course it's not prefect, there are thing that need to be fixed, changed and adjusted. A lot of those problem might be fabric related because I didn't have them when I did my muslin. I have some gaps at my closure I think I might need to add more hook & eyes or maybe adjust my breast and stays for less pull. I also had problem with the sleeves but I rather not revisited that nightmare.I'm happy with how well the dress look even with some minor issues. It's my first 18th century dress and I have made all the notes about pattern changes and adjustments. Whatever stresses and roadblocks came my way I worked through them and kept going.
I wasn't shooting for the greatest dress ever made I was just hoping for my best and that's what I did.
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| robe a la polonaise version. my loops are a little uneven cause I could seen behind myself. And no matter how long I ironed the wrinkles just keep coming back.(I need to get a steamer) |
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| Decided to wear the bum pad instead of the hoops. Going to save the hoops for the next dress. |
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| robe a l'anglaise version. I love having the train. |
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| My dress looks so shiny and I look like i have so much powder on under this lighting. |
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| peek of my clocked stockings and shoes |
For my hair I decided just to do a simple pouf, nothing special and it's all my hair. I really didn't feel like working with the wig at the moment. And with
Belle coming out in a day and seeing Gugu Mbatha-Raw's natural hair 18th century pouf I decided to wear my own natural hair. I've had some hair growth in the past months so I was amazed with how high my pouf got with no teasing.
I'm excited to see this movie for a lot of reasons. Maybe I'll wear my dress. do you think I can wear stays while I eat nachos.
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